{"product_id":"gay-mens-friendships-invincible-communities-worlds-of-desire-9780226568430","title":"Gay Mens Friendships  Invincible Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's lives. The author explores the meaning of friends to gay men, how friends become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affect these friendships, and how, for many friends mean more than romantic relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction  1. \"Friends Take You Places You've Never Been\": Gay Men, New Modes of Relations, and Heroic Friendships  2. \"A Major Wall of Noninvolvement\": Contemporary Men's Friendships and Cultural Limitations  3. \"A Chance to Choose My Siblings\": Friendship as Kinship  4. \"And We Never Mentioned It Again. Ever\": Friendship, Sex, and Masculinity  5. \"The Magic of Sympathy and Identification\": Profiles of Gay Men's Friends  6. \"All the Gold and Gems of the World\": The Meaning and Maintenance of Friendships  7. \"Where I Go to Know I'm Not Crazy\": Developing Social Support, Achieving Identity, and Confronting Conflicts  8. \"A Vicarious Sense of Belonging\": The Politics of Friendship and Gay Social Movements, Communities, and Neighborhoods  Appendix: Research Methodology  Bibliography  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036558328151,"sku":"9780226568430","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226568430.jpg?v=1750932365","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gay-mens-friendships-invincible-communities-worlds-of-desire-9780226568430","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}